A great article has just been posted by a friend and HGV recruiter, Ian McAllister.
It’s about drug testing for HGV drivers.
I have posted an extract, so please pop over to his blog and take a look at the full article – it’s well worth a read.
As a recruiter in a regulated market place – HGV driving – I think we probably get at best a secondary look behind the emergency services and the police about the level of drug usage in the UK at present.
To get an HGV or PSV license you need to take and pass a medical, which includes a drugs test. They don’t take a big phial of blood, just enough to find the trace elements in your blood. Clean – and effectively that means not having taken a class A drug regularly, or in the last 3months; or smoked a joint in the past month – and you will probably with a normal metabolism pass.
Back in the days when I worked with drug users, one of the hardest things to do was gain employment whilst coming off of drugs.
If you are thinking of retraining as a HGV driver and have the odd smoke, you need to be aware that the cabinoids reside in your body fat for up to 30 days after your last joint. Cocaine – 72 hours, and both can be detected in urine as well as blood.
If you are thinking of driving for a living and are a ‘non chaotic’ user of ‘recreational’ drugs, remember in the event of an accident you may be personally liable and prosecuted for corporate manslaughter in the event that a drug-driving accident kills someone.
Sarah
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